And sincere, humble, especially for a celebrity. Sorry...

@@murderc27 "sorry"....you must be Canadian. 😁 no offense

@@bandit6272 Nah, Floridian, which according to the memes makes me like the opposite lol. "Sorry" was like me figuratively wiping tears away, I guess. Lol man I'm just still bummed Norm's gone, and here's my outlet.

He can see the tragedy of being given life, and how it is not so hyped up as your think it is because it means i have to die.

@andrion waser he was a household name in the 90s and probably still is to anyone but zoomers

He said that also. Not a secret.

And warren zevon

💯 Warren said on the show that Dave was the best thing that ever happened to his music. ♥️​@@Huelogy

The only celebrity that truly didn’t give a shit about money and acclaim. Only what was truly funny and provocative. I miss him

I’m into music, and came to realize Norm Macdonald was to comedy as John Frusciante is to rock guitar. Except Norm never failed/sabotaged on purpose out of spite (O.J. thing wasn’t really that) both never learned to drive a car. The craft was always top priority, and the business side was secondary, and money was always willing to be sacrificed in the pursuit of creating the best thing they could at the time.

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Greatness knows greatness!

I don't know if you are a history buff or not, but Letterman is like Nixon.

I agree……why couldn’t have been Dave that died?

​@@glennvastine4118Good god, Glenn.

I HATE IT when great stand ups die!!!!!!!

What a great way to put this.

Awesome

I have a new goal in Life. We'll all have to be who we are. However, I'd love to be just a little more like Norm Mcdonald...

​@@user-gz5ip4hw3i 😂. 😅 L

Norm was a comedic genius- It was a sad day when the world lost Norm McDonald.

I'm srill laughing out loud over that one.

I’m still reeling from the “…if you fix a fight, you do not go to the judges” line.

@@themikelynchband7240 pure Genius

I was very sick , and still laughed at that

Meh... Kind of low hanging fruit.

@@billyjackbuzzard LOL

@@katieh8186 ..m .mmm.

@@katieh8186 .

@@katieh8186 mm.mmmmmm

@@katieh8186 .9mmmmmm

Yup I always pick up on that too

He's almost embarrassed by it.

That was an apt assessment. Well done sir!!

Time stamp?

All quite true, but I'm guessing that If the same quip gets the same response and he's only gabbing with Paul, he would take it gladly. The real crux of it is that he doesn't want to upstage the guest by collecting applause like that unless it was a great line. (Norm's plane joke a second earlier had just fallen a tad flat.) Respect for the guest. People in showbiz mentally keep score on things like that meticulously, and remember for all eternity if they've been slighted in the minutest way. I'm Kent Brockman and this has been my two cents.

Deeply deeply missed.

And deeply buried as a deeeply closeted man.

Funny, generous, tied with cancer...Norm Macdonald.

@@billyjackbuzzard ok

not gold ‘modern’ medicine

Quackery 100%

Yup. The joke and laughter are primary. Everything else is just material to be used.

@@m.willems7030 the crowd’s laughter is secondary, norm’s is primary

@@anthonysteen56 shut up Anthony.

This is the best way I've ever heard it explained, even from his friends and contemporaries

Way to jinx the poor fella

Still bobbin n weavin, still robbin n theivin

Yeah hard to believe he’s not in jail

@@rolandtomassi3486 I always wondered how he "managed" that. But he always was a slick business man. I never respected him but there's that tiny part of me that kinda liked him...I don't know why or how to explain it...I just did.

He wasn't 90 back then. Hes 90 today. Back then he was in his 60s

@@robbieturok4676 "The fact that he's still kicking it at 90 is amazing." I wrote this. It is in the present tense indicated by the use of "still" and " is". They indicate that he is in his 90s now...and I find 8t amazing that someone who has lived on the edge throughout his adult life is still thriving and surviving. So, I think I'll stick with what I wrote as accurate and grammatically correct.

i agree

Amen

For my money, blue is the best color in the rainbow.

He was on fire. "Gay guys are so on top of the latest thing, when they have sex, they don't even use a lady!" lmao

@@drummersantana 😂

"I didn't come all the way up here to have sex with ole Harold Delaney".

That line was hilarious

@@rubytuesday247 ole Harold Delaney. I do t think I’ll ever forget that name now 🤣😭

he served a youthful porpoise

How much happier

@@bennovotny4813 Oooo

@@bennovotny4813 the

I've never cried when a celebrity died, but I did when I found out about him dying. Looking back on all these previous performances make me cry too.

Such a great line.

So much material I been binge watching too

Me too. I feel guilty I didn't watch more before he passed. Norm gives me nostalgia for the world before it turned anti-comedy

@@BVaxter TIs is o ok jib btihe and ib

I’m just thankful for all of the work that Norm gave us.

Same!

@@billyjackbuzzard Your counter-argument is devestatingly compelling.

I couldn't agree more

@@nicomoreno5028 Qwerty

His grungy skill at humor, show the respect!

@@johndutchman lmao

I completely agree!!! Norm was the best!!! Best story teller ever!!! He would start out telling a story suck everyone in then wrap it up in a total spoof. He never left me without a laugh. I love this guy!!! So sad he’s gone!!! He will never be forgotten by me!!! I have never been one to idealize someone. However, I did idolize Norm. He’s my favorite comedian ever!!! He will be missed!!!

@@LK-dx2oq Totally agree!!

Chris Elliot is a close second!

Everything these days is woke political bullshit

@@jessallen7756 The Jimmy's and Stephen suck. The sad thing is their condescending audiences fall for this garbage. Nothing but leftwing socialistic ideas couched as jokes. I think Steve Allen, Jack Parr, or Carson would roll over in their graves. With time these late night idiots will go away. Their ratings will fall, and the networks will find someone else, hopefully a person of morals and common sense to take their place.

@@ufafgd you may not know this, a few days before Carson died, David Letterman must've known the end was near and during his monologue he said that Carson had been ghost writing jokes for his show since his retirement from the Tonight Show....Letterman wanted him to get a little credit that he himself never asked for.......And you are spot on.....You can go political, but you have got to keep it even.....You can't even stomach what gets put out now....

@@jessallen7756 How true.

Yes indeed!! Believe it or not... there was a late night show recently with humans dancing around in syringe costumes.

Keep in mind the weight he put on was largely due to the cancer/ cancer treatment

He never lost the dimples.

You and me both, brother. Laughing my ass off at Norm's effortlessly brilliant stories at work, back at home, etc.

Same here.

What? He died?... Idekhws 😳

I also did not find norm until he was gone. So sad and too soon

*True in MMA to this day.*

Where in this clip does this happen?

@@GigaBoost around 14:00

@@1nvisible1 tell me what mma fights have been fixed lmao

I think MMA is still honest. Those guys are too crazy devoted to stain their vocation

Yes Norm we a cutie so charming

two good men

He was a great man.

RIP

RIP Dave x

There is a New York Times article about him! Can you believe that?

Great article! Letterman should interview him!

@Mastema kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qdd0iNF528XLZ2Q.html

He's a good man.

He’s my DAD.

@@billyjackbuzzard his kid will also turn out dead to be fair, as will yourself and I.

Norm Mac.. Donald

But Mac IS the way that it should be pronounced 🤷‍♀️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️

Brilliant observation, Jim.

It's funny cause Norm enunciates words the same way.

He started out with McDonald and as the years went by he kept putting a little more Mac on the Donald.

To me, it's like 2 comedians having a conversation

@@heatherperleberg7816 It's 2 comedians WORKING. It's not two buddies just chatting. They're moving a few million dollars per minute. Professionals demonstrating decades of practice their craft, just like Maurice's jazz musician analogy. And just like everything else in life, if you practice enough you make it look simple.

@@CraigLumpyLemke To me, it's like 2 comedians having a conversation

At 75, I have been doing hardly anything, since I retired over 10 years ago!...It is just amazing, to not be a slave to the clock!

Watch Norm on Conan. He was brilliant.

Better late than never. Norm is the absolutely best of these last few generations!

Lucky ! I've been binging norm since he passed. No one ever more naturally effusive and hilarious

Letterman's timing is impeccable.

@@xFALL3Nx93 yeah man. Holocaust jokes were entirely suitable material for light entertainment broadcast television shows in the 90s.

@@xFALL3Nx93 That's the joke idiot.

He surely stopped the stream of consciousness going on there.

Fancy seeing you here, SNES Drunk. Keep up the good work.

Love your channel! I know you genuinely want me to have a good rest of my day!

Sneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

@@mikedx42 es Drunk!

haven’t laughed this much in a long time!!! Thanks!!!

Dave was known to be a bit of a tyrant to his staff...but he was very considerate of his friends...He paid for his comedy friend George Miller's expensive final illness...in the case of Norm, Dave had him on the show Norm's TV debut!...Norm never forgot that, and his tearing up was for real at the end of his final monologue for Dave.`````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````

Don King would shoot his mother in the face for a dollar. Iron Mike Tyson

I didn't even know he was gay

@@chrismercer96 oh ho ho ha... ha.... oh, you.

That's, like, his whole thing.

one of his best god damn it was funny

When is it?

first part of your statement is correct, it was one of the best by both men, the entire sequence. The 2nd part is idiotic. It was perfectly played by both. No stepping over existed. It almost never is in any internet losers comments who reads waaaaaaaaay too much into short clips of things he has no idea about.

@@TheRicardfranca89 start around 20:20

@@nickpagano7134 You really shouldn't drink and comment. It's clear they were both reacting to each other and Letterman wasn't letting him do his prepared bit and he was stepping on his lines. That's why Norm gave him the zinger that certainly wasn't scripted, and Dave's reaction was genuine and obvious annoyance. That's my opinion, you don't have to be a schmuck about it.. That's it, no more discussion needed, but feel free to have the inane last word.

He recognised the talent

These are invaluable. Especially when showing the clips to people who don't know.

So pretty much the entire video, lol. It's nice to have a reference to the specific jokes but whenever I have time I'll watch the entire thing.

Takes me back.. RIP Tom & Johnny. Time sure flies.

Don’s channel (this one) has a lot of Snyder, whenever he overlapped with Dave.

I never cared for Tom Snyder but good for you guys!

Yes, Snyder was excellent.

@@TroyBlackford Snyder was excellent, if you could forgive his baseline arrogance...He was very risible with his funny guests!...that is a sign of a good person.

@@billyjackbuzzard Yes.

He was so adorable.

His dimples still do me in! 😍

He was gorgeous ❤️

@@billyjackbuzzard Where's your personal buzzard? You'd be more useful upcycled.

@@billyjackbuzzard I find it enjoyable.

@@billyjackbuzzard "Am I sure!?" That a COMEDY bit is GENIUS.....Well I took the bit to Stanford and then to MIT and they have come to a broad consensus the the bit is in fact........drumroll........................a COMEDY BIT....and pure genius. "AM I SURE?!" ridiculous ridiculous....

@@billyjackbuzzard Billy jack what on earth are you on about?!

Late shows absolutely suck now. They used to be fun.

@@derrikferguson3219 john oliver and james corden put the coffin in the nail for me. No longer a brit

Norm and Conan also seemed to be super-compatible!...Norm's stories and freelancing on Conan's show were every bit as funny as his powerful Dave performances.

What an amazing line!

They’re both so quick with their zingers!

The quickness there ..

Nah, youtube was his best medium. Success kills comedy. His netflix shows were crap, his youtube shows were the highlight of youtube for a decade. "I took six months off to do that bit".

Oh Lord yes that would have been the best!!!

Oh wow that would have been awesome. Never even thought of that.

@@mikearchibald744 Yah, his netflix show was terrible, and I'm a huge Norm fan. Could be my blind love for the guy, but I think he would have been awesome as a late night talk show host in the 90's/early aughts.

@@ilovebrandnewcarpets Chevy Chase, Letterman and Michael Keaton episodes were all great. I thought all the episodes were pretty good though

I’m pretty sure that was preplanned sir.

Mike Urban even if so, I think they created some real tension.

@@urban1413 im not so sure since david doesn't often go to rehersals so I wouldn't be surprised if Norm sprung it on him. Plus, that's also classic norm fashion

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@@billyjackbuzzard Except it was.

@@billyjackbuzzard Why are you here at all? Does your starfish pucker at every possible contradiction you can fabricate? Here...seven minute read...keep you busy for half hour. Mitch McConnell is Emperor Palpatine Some of you will die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make! - Lord Trump @Justin Y. Trump is evil. He ignored this virus until he couldn't ignore it...the steps taken have been deliberately slow to contain this virus, as the government has made huge financial gains in allowing particularly older, retired people to die...no more pay outs each month...voting, if still valid in this country...is our only peaceful, legal recourse...voting 3rd party is the ONLY WAY to get real humans in power, rather than dynasty families and career politicians. When we realize the 2 parties we are divided over LOVE the division among us...then and only then may America be great again... @Justin Y. Lack of knowledge of the deep state? I just accused our government of mass murder...I understand deep state...fact that you refuse to listen, only attack, says too much about you...clearly you haven't known hardship. Clearly none of this has impacted you negatively...you are part of the problem, offering zero solutions. @Justin Y. Calling me stupid really helps your case...Trump has very limited brain power, as evidenced by his rambling, generally repetitive, toddler talks...although most of us are sorely undereducated, Trump really amazes me every time i listen to his banter. Trump did not close the borders in time, many flights to the USA brought sick folk here. Action wasn't taken until very late February, and by then 15 confirmed cases were more than enough to basically allow what amounts to airborn, quickly lethal AIDS《why this? (Because this virus mutates too fast to create an effective vaccine, which may never get made), upon the world. This is dangerous because common behaviors of common folk, such as shoulder to shoulder events, shopping and sardine packed working conditions, helped this virus along...even as people died in China daily...America went forward 2 full months wothout any concerns...then...rather than force the hands of state officials, and put the population through a 2 month quarantine, we've been seeing states react, rather than prepare...and all at the natural stages this virus thrives on...complacency among enough of us to allow the spread to continue. You refusing to see this logic isn't a blight on my mental capacity, just proves you are as simple as our Lord Trump...and likely among those very few, who like many elites, don't even understand the plight of the masses, whom I speak for, in this contrived crisis...Trump is calm about the virus because he exists outside the bounds of common folk...Trump and other powerful people would never have to take the risk of infection seriously as they are all well protected by expendable servants or can at the least afford to continue living lavishly and distanced from peons such as myself. 9/11 was an inside job and this proves what I've feared since then...that the government can perform mass murder and the people will always just accept it, hire the next sociopath in line, whichever of the 2 evil divisionary parties they aspire to dwell in... Our educational system is archaic. We could be educating everyone from home...there are no valid excuses for our current broken schooling, and no teachers need lose jobs...as the internet is an amazing communication device... Taxes are broken. Your dollar earned gets hit so many times...and we all just accept that blindly. Medicine is broken. My grandmother died because her selfish daughter needed cable tv more than grandma needed diabetes medicine...and millions suffer from the inability to afford insulin, despite that drug initially starting out as a gift to humanity from a generous genius, privatized by evil and greed, priced beyond reality for most. Our 2 party system is designed to keep us bickering...division keeps us docile enough to accept our own government conspiring to murder us, with our acceptance. 3rd party candidates are generally real humans...that care about other humans, even, gasp, total strangers and foreigners... We are all on the same damn spaceship...Earth. I judge character...not race, not whatever religion folks are born into. I am old...I am tired of seeing disaster after disaster get slow attention from government, as poor people die in thousands due to delayed or nonexistent help. It's about time the many take control, with votes, to dethrone the sociopaths that control us, play games with our very lives... When there are only voluntary homeless, when the janitor is paid living wage, when a high school graduate can earn enough in food service, or retail, to support a modest home and essentials, while creating a nest egg...when veterans are given the same care as Congress, Senate and other positions of highest power, rather than left to suffer and die, when the lowest paying jobs are enough to survive on, then and only then, can America boast of being great... As it stands...I feel most of us are born into lies we have no control over...It's well orchestrated, as my points are made clear in every satirical broadcast about the plight of the expendable masses, world wide... Do I want peace, equity and kumbaya? Yeah...I do...are there sociopaths in power oppressing the common folk...yeah...there are...have good Democrats and Republicans existed? Yes...they get blocked by evil at every turn, often resigning due to unbeatable corruption. Do I pity the very people I label simple? You bet I do...I want this planet to be a better place for most...not some...for all...if ever possible... This covid virus isn't done. It mutates too fast to pin it down with a vaccine...and we haven't seen the end of it because we, as a planet, would have to agree on a few ground rules to consider being a functional society. That's my 2 cents...some of it...take it or leave it. Most of us just exist and watch, lazily, rather than get directly involved in change. @soaringvulture We don't seem to take note...we, the expendable masses, are being told to push through life ignoring this virus...it took ONE infection to start a Planet Wide Pandemic...and because we didn't quarantine from January 1st to February, we get to watch innocent and otherwise lives lost, daily...who are "we", in "we're in it together"? Certainly not the elite...they step on us to avoid harm...I'm furious with humanity as a whole...I'm furious we accept all this death and Trump's toddler talks...like a Ted talk without useful insight... Those of us suffering are many...while the privileged watch the show They created...when...when will the common folk unite against tyranny, through the only peaceful means we have...vote out career politicians and dynasty families in favor of fellow human beings, with consciousness and compassion for the lowest among us. We won't stop the cycle of abuse by trading Democrats and Republicans, two sides of the same evil, corrupt coin. Vote 3rd party...vote for real people, with flaws, that understand what struggle is...that have put time behind any of these so called essential, yet minimum wage jobs... This economy is screwed...always has been. The vast majority of work available is menial labor...food service, retail, janitors, grocers...a great many take their wages in government...which is far too big, complex and unsustainable... Until any job can offer a modest secure household, until the only homeless are those who volunteer to live "free"...until the pill giants are mandated to make life saving medicine reasonably priced...we are a selfish, horrid nation, divided by the very people that oppress us, yet too busy fighting amongst ourselves to take any useful action towards a better tomorrow for the MANY, not the FEW......

@@billyjackbuzzard Still with us? After seeing one too many negative comments from you I had to say something...you have a problem.

Love Love Love Norm!!! But maybe you should not venture past David Letterman and Conan interviews if you are concerned about language. My family’s Christmas gift is going to be an evening of Norm Videos and the book to follow. Have to be selective which ones they see but that will be the best Christmas gift they ever receive!!

And it is oddly fitting, that Norm embraced Christianity, despite his rowdy, off the wall humor..I would have assumed he was Agnostic.